OK guys, I know this is probably not the most original of questions. But I'm kinda like a rookie here and this is my first post so go easy! LOL!
But yah, I would like to know that if you could meet your younger self, knowing what you know now, what would you tell him or her?
I didn't have the easiest of childhoods for many reasons. And growing up, I didn't always feel that I fit in with my peers. In fact alot of the time I tried to mold myself into what they wanted me to be. It's only as I grew older that I learned to embrace what was different about me and created a community of people who were alot like me and I'm better for it. I'm now in my forties, and I know I don't fit the typical forty-something stereotype which I'm pleased about because I'm doing things my way.
I just wish I had someone back then to tell me that while I'd still have problems as an adult (who doesn't?) I'd reach a point where I'd be happy in my own skin.
I would tell my younger self that it's OK to not do things the way your mom did and everything will still work out fine. You have to walk your own path and not feel you have to do everything the way the women in your family did. Even your mom. P.S. - Don't get me wrong. I LOVE my mom. But we're very different. And that's OK.